In any case, this is a lemmy UI thing, though the backend isn’t helping when it reports a generic bad password error instead of notifying the client that the provided password was technically impossible:
Issue regarding the ui silently truncating the password: lemmy-ui/#1120
Issue regarding the backend error issue: lemmy/#3284
I agree that it’s stupid and needs to be changed.
In any case, this is a lemmy UI thing, though the backend isn’t helping when it reports a generic bad password error instead of notifying the client that the provided password was technically impossible: